Or lest you should say: "It was only our fathers afortime who took others as partners in worship along with Allah, and we were (merely their) descendants after them; will You then destroy us because of the deeds of men who practised Al-Batil (i.e. polytheism and committing crimes and sins, invoking and worshipping others besides Allah)?" (Tafsir At-Tabari).
या कहो कि "(अल्लाह के साथ) साझी तो पहले हमारे बाप-दादा ने किया। हम तो उसके पश्चात उनकी सन्तति में हुए है। तो क्या तू हमें उसपर विनष्ट करेगा जो कुछ मिथ्याचारियों ने किया है?"